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The Koh-i-Noor is a central plot point in George MacDonald Fraser 's 1990 historical novel and satire, Flashman and the Mountain of Light, which refers to the diamond in its title. [ 87 ] Kohinoor, a 2005 Indian mystery television series, follows a search for the diamond after its supposed return to India.
United Kingdom. ISBN. 978-1-63557-076-2 (Hardcover) Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond is a 2017 book on the Koh-i-Noor diamond written by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. [1] The gem is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g), and part of the British Crown Jewels.
Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) is a diamond trade centre located in DREAM City, Surat, Gujarat, India, designed by the architecture firm Morphogenesis. It is the world's largest diamond trading hub with a floor space of 660,000 square metres (7,100,000 sq ft), as well as the world's largest office building. [9][10][11] The current Chairman is ...
Diamond mining in India extends back into antiquity. From ancient times, India was the source of nearly all the world's known diamonds, and until diamonds were discovered in Brazil in 1726, India was the only place where diamonds were mined. India has not been a major diamond-producing country since the 1900s, but diamond mining continues.
US$200–350 million. The Hope Diamond is a 45.52 carats (9.104 g; 0.3211 oz) diamond that has been famed for its great size since the 18th century. Extracted in the 17th century from the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India, [ 1 ][ 2 ] the Hope Diamond is a blue diamond. Its exceptional size has revealed new information about the formation of diamonds.
Government of India. Estimated value. £100 million (2008) The Jacob Diamond, also known as the Imperial or Victoria Diamond, is a colourless diamond from India (or from the Golconda mines) [1] ranked as the fifth-biggest polished diamond in the world. [2][3] The last nizam of the Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan, found the diamond in the ...
Cullinan Diamond. The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, [2] weighing 3,106 carats (621.20 g), discovered at the Premier No.2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on 26 January 1905. It was named after Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the mine. In April 1905, it was put on sale in London, but despite considerable ...
Sketch of the Orlov diamond from the book Precious Stones by Max Bauer, 1904. The Great Mogul was a large diamond that is believed to have been discovered around 1650, most probably around the Kollur Mine in the Golconda region of southern India. Tavernier described the diamond thus: "The stone is of the same form as if one cut an egg through ...